What is the legendary planeswalker rule change?

Starting with Ixalan, this rule was abandoned. All planeswalkers past, present, and future gained the supertype legendary and became subject to the "legend rule". Thus, if a player controls more than one legendary planeswalker with the same name, that player chooses one and puts the other into their owner's graveyard.

What is the new legendary rule?

The new rule separates the field of play into your battlefield and your opponent's battlefield, and only checks those to make sure that there are not multiple copies of one legend with the same name or Planeswalker with the same type.

What is the magic legendary rule for planeswalkers?

Planeswalker cards used to have a similar rule to the "legend rule": If a player controls two or more planeswalkers that share a planeswalker type, that player chooses one of them, and the rest are put into their owners' graveyards.

When was the legend rule changed?

The First Rule: 1994 to 2004

That all changed when Champions of Kamigawa was released in October 2004, where “legends” went from being a creature type to a supertype.

Can you have 2 legendary planeswalkers on the field?

There's no limit to the number of planeswalker permanents you can have in play! It may hurt your head trying to manage 100 passive and loyalty abilities, but that's completely fair game. The only restriction is that you can't have two copies of the exact same planeswalker card in play.

URGENT: LEGENDARY RULE CHANGE

How was Nicol Bolas defeated?

Stripped of his advantages as a planeswalker, a sorcerer, and a dragon, and forced to battle in a realm where his opponent had a significant edge, Bolas was defeated and apparently killed by Umezawa.

What magic card removes the legendary rule?

Mirror Gallery removes the “Legend rule” while it's on the battlefield. If all Mirror Galleries leave the battlefield, the “Legend rule” will apply the next time state-based actions are performed.

Does the legend rule count as dying?

Yes. A creature dies when it moves from the battlefield to the graveyard, for any reason. As long as the creature goes directly to the graveyard, yes. "Dying" in Magic literally means "to go from the battlefield to the graveyard", how this happens is irrelevant.

What is the planeswalker uniqueness rule?

Planeswalkers are subject to an alternate rule called the planeswalker uniqueness rule. This is when you have 2 or more Planeswalkers with the same name in their type line (in the middle of the card, i.e. Narset Transcendent), you must choose one of them and put the rest into your graveyard.

Does legendary rule count as sacrifice?

It's still a state-based action that's performed before any player receives priority. And permanents going to the graveyard due to the “legend rule” aren't being sacrificed or destroyed, although they will count as dying.

Can legendary planeswalkers be your commander?

Legendary Creatures that Transform into Planeswalkers

Since these planeswalkers begin as legendary creatures, they are able to be your commander.

Can all legendary planeswalkers be your commander?

A planeswalker can only be a commander if it specifically states on the bottom of the card, “this card can be your commander.” If it doesn't have that line of text, forget it.

Does Deathtouch work on planeswalkers?

Deathtouch destroys creatures by inflicting one point of damage, Planeswalkers are not creatures so they are not affected by deathtouch.

Can you have 2 legendary creatures on the field?

And can you have multiple in play at once? There are no special restrictions on the number of legendary creatures in a Constructed deck (Standard, Modern, Legacy, Vintage are Constructed formats). So the same four-copies rule as everything else.

How do you get around the legend rule?

Are all planeswalkers considered legendary?

Alongside its new mechanic, Planeswalker cards, previously considered non-Legendary, were given an upgrade. All Planeswalker cards printed in Dominaria and any future sets are Legendary permanents.

Who is the unluckiest planeswalker?

The Unluckiest Planeswalker was first depicted in a cycle of Curses featured in Commander 2017, each depicting a different plane. He was later also depicted on Flame Blitz in Modern Horizons 2. The Unluckiest has an uncanny resemblance to Kieran Yanner, the artist who created the art for the first cycle of cards.

Can a planeswalker have 0 loyalty?

A planeswalker with loyalty 0 is put into its owner's graveyard. This is a state-based effect; see rule 704.5i.

Can you have two planeswalkers in a Commander deck?

This is called the “legend rule.” So as long as the two planeswalkers don't have the same card name, you can have them both on the battlefield simultaneously.

What does the legend rule doesn't apply cards?

The "legend rule" doesn't apply to permanents you control. Each legendary creature you control gets +1/+1. Each nontoken creature you control gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control with the same name as that creature.

Does the legend rule apply to copies?

No, the change to the legend rule made it so each player in a game may control a copy of a legendary permanent (whether it's a cloned permanent or not).

Can cursed mirror copy a legendary creature?

Cursed Mirror copies exactly what was printed on the original creature (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below).

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What is the vanilla rule in MTG?

What Are Vanilla Creatures in MTG? “Vanilla” is a slang term used to describe a creature in Magic that has no abilities. It's just a basic creature with power and toughness, a type line, and mana cost, and usually a block of flavor text (check out Catacomb Crocodile for some premium vanilla creature flavor text).